Top 5 most runs scored by a team in power play in T20Is

3. 88 – South Africa v England in 2015

This was the second match of the two-match T20I series between South Africa and England in 2015. The match was played at the New Wanderers in Johannesburg and England had set a target of 172 in front of South Africa.

South Africa started cautiously with 14 runs off the first 2 overs before Amla and De Villiers dug into Chris Jordan and Ben Stokes to make 88 runs in the first 6 overs with both openers making 40s off 18 balls. Eventually, AB de Villiers was dismissed for 71 in 29 balls and Amla (69* off 38) and Du Plessis (22*) made sure South Africa reached the target comfortably in 14.4 overs. Chris Jordan went for 48 runs in his 2.4 overs.